The last big storm to hit the West Midlands, Storm Darragh, brought down hundreds of trees and a car driver died in Erdington when one hit his car. Elsewhere, a Poundland shop window shattered in Kings Heath, disrupting traffic, while in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, a giant cedar tree dating back to Victorian times was brought down.

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

Winds of up to 100mph are forecast during Storm Éowyn with a large part of Scotland's central belt and the south west under a red "danger to life" weather warning. Almost all schools have been closed ahead of the red alert,